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WARDS OF COURT 1 TAKE THE STAND I 'WLLJffiAN CHILDREN AGAIN CAUSES OF LITIGATION tv?nrt Orders That Girls Visit Father T? I II... ra.l^ +,> rruuiiis; ins r.?nj uctuiu Alaska. The State, 24th. Tb<? Courts Order. After the hearing yesterday, Eugene ' B. Gary, c:ief justice, signed the fol- ' icwing order: "At the hearing on the return tc the : rule hereto attached, the attorneys for B. R. Tillman, Jr., t<be father o~ the children a'bove named, made it ap-1 I pear to the court that, on account of fcis absence from the State on business for several months past, he had had no opportunity to see or be with is ; children, and that his business would call him out of the State again about i December 1, next, when he would be | absent for some time. He therefore j requested the court to order that pend- j ing the decision of the court on the return herein, he be allowed to have lis children with tira as much as pos- j s:ble from now until December 1. The court deems the request reasonable, j "It is therefore ordered that the chil- ' dren, Dousc&ka P. Tillman and Sarah S. Tillman, stay with their father j Thursday, November 26, and Satur- j day and Sunday, November 28 and 29; , their going to their father and their j return to t-eir mother to be at sucn j times as will not interfere with their, duties or studies at school. Let a I certified copy of this order be served j -w/vn "Wto T Fill cro c tho mflthpr of I U-i/V/U Ml O. I said children." Dovschka Pickens Tillman, 10 years ; old, and Lucy Frances (or Sara'i S.) Tillman, 8 years old, were put through 1 a severe cross-exam'nation by attor-1 I neys before the supreme court yes-; terday in the case involving their cus- 1 lody. 11 is probably the first time in | the history of South Carolina thai c":il-' x*r*in hnvp hppn railed to testify be- : t fore the supreme court. The little! girls hai.e been growing up under the jurisdiction of the court during the | last several years. Tne principal contention in the case : was that the little girls had disobeyed the mandate of the court by refusing j to remain with their grandparents, Mr.! and Mrs. B. R. Tillman, during a stated period. After taking the testimony of many * >1 A.- j. _ ? "XT ) | witnesses, mciuaing mui ui -uis. uuv.i j I*ugas, mother of the children, the j <sourt adjourned for the day and took the case under advisement. Later the order quoted abovg was issued. The case was called for hearing at 10 o'clock and all testimony 'had been completed by noon. B. R. Tillman, Jr., father of the little girls, sat with his kttorneys in the court room. He 1 recently returned rrom AiasKa, waere be is engaged in government work, j He is to return to Alaska soon. i /Mrs. Lucy Dugas, motiier of the children, had been ordered to appear before the court and show cause why she should not give up the partial custody of the children. Under tee first order of the court, the children were required to be left with the father at t-'roir srrnn/^rkfl rpnts' hoiTlP at CeT **W VWV4A ?A tain periods during tbe year. It was charged tiiat the children refused to remain with their grandparents and that they, were very unruly. Father -Files Fet:t/on. B. R. Tillman, Jr., filed the following petition with the court: "Pursuant to the order of the court heretofore passed in this cause, the D "D TMlrviori Tr ormao rQ ^CUUUUCl, iJ. xv. iniuiau, tfi-, ayyvui w before the court and respectfully submits the affidavits hereto attached and in reference thereto respectfully asks that the honorable court make such disposition of the custody and control of his said c-ildren as shall be for their best interest and in connection therewith this petitioner desires to express ms wunuguess tmutrr assume full charge and control of his >aid children, or, if the court deems it best to place t'"em in some institution where they will be properly cared or and trained, this petitioner will ;Iac'ly bear whatever expenses may be required to properly support, educate :md maintain them. "Your petitioner earnestly prays that in either event t'be direction and ontrol o: the future education and iraining of these children be placed in his hands and that such disposition of them be made which will be more >eneficial to their future training :han the present arrangement. "If alloweu to have tfte care and ustody of his children, this petitioner vill gladly afford every reasonable pportunity for their mother to see nd be with them." Accompanying this petition were , ffijdavits by B. R. Tillman. Jr., Mrs.! 'allie S. Tillman, Sallie May Tillriten.! "Tary Hill and Mrs. J. B. Knight. The affidavits stated that the children had j refused to remain at the home of Senator Tillman. In one of the affidavits the following statement appears: "Vft:ey absolutely refused to get off the train, and although deponent tried to reason with them the youngest one was -very impudent and told deponent that she had kidnapped them once before, showing teat she had been taught by someone to hate her grandmother and to harbor up everything against her." Mother Mates Jrteply. Mrs. Dugas filed a petition with the court asking that she be allowed to keep the little girls. She based her plea on "mother love" and stated tnat she was doing everything for the good of the children, paying for their education, sending tmem to Sunday school, teaching them their lessons and trying to instill a love in them for their father, B. R. Tillman, Jr. sne denied emphatically that she had ever taught the children to h^to their grandparents. "My recollection of these matters is entirely different .from the matters contained in those affidavits," said N. G. Evans of Edgefield, who said that he appeared as a friend of Mrs. Dugas. He declared that he had known the principals in the case U1 his life. "These little girls are the best behaved and the most genteel little girls that visit our home," said Mr. Evans, referring to the visit of the Tillman children to his home. He had been questioned as to foe behavior of the children. He declared that he had never heard the children speak disrespectfully to any one. 'The chil dren are "better cared for and better reared than nine-tenths of the children in South Care ua," said the witness. F. W. P. Butler, M. D., of Columbia told the court that the children iliad visited her home many times and t&at they were "just as good as they could be." "They are two of the sweetest little bahes I have ever known," said Joe Mims of Edgefield, who was called to tsetify. iMr. Mims sent the children to their mother's home in tie country on one occasion, when they came back from Trenton. His testimony was given to prove that the mother had not told the children to return immediately from fc~eir grandfather's home and tnat she would be at the train to meet them. "The chi'dren are as well behaved as I know," said Mrs. F. W. P. Butler of Columbia, referring to their visit to her home. Ch/ldren Testify. The little girls, when a&ked why they had left the 'home of Senator Tillman, declared it was because of the absence of their father. "You know your father?" "Yes, there he is," said Douschka, pointing to B. R. Tillman, Jr., who sat just across the table from her. <<Tvr j vm rtf'n a* fall rnn to ULU. y U 111 UIV/KUCl Itll juu v\y main with your grandfather?'* I "Yes." I "Why did you leave?" v | "Because B. R. was not there," relied the dhild, referring to her father. The little girl than stated that she had always gone away from Senator Tillman's home "because of the absence of her father, who she tiro o in A 1 Q CI* CJ OCblU ?T C4.Q "Does your mother teach you to ilove your father?'' - Yes." The little girl said that she <'3ad , written several letters to her father and that once her mother had paid iher to write. | "Why did you not want to remain with. Senator Tillman?" j "I just don't want to stay." j "What does your mother teach you about your father?" ; "She teacbes me to love him." "Obey 'bim?" j "Yes." j "You left Senator Tillman's home of your own will?" i "Yes." ! The witness said that she had misspri school onlv a few days during the i past two years. | "Do you go to Sunday schcol?" j "Yes." Aattorneys for Mr. Tillman asked the little girl several questions. "Did you obey your grandmother?" "No." "Why?" "Because I just don't like them and don't want to stay away from my mother," replied the little witness. Lucy TVliiuan Testifies. Lucy Frances Tillman, eight years old, was the next witness. The child declared that ?er mother had not "nstructed ner to return from Senator Tillman's home. "fA'Hiy ok] you not stay?" "Cause 1 didn't want to." "What did your mother teach you about your father?" "She told me to write to him, to love him and to mind i.im.'' "I)ic your mother know you were coming back from Senator Tillman's ,vome?'' "No." f "Who changed your name from jSaraM Stark to Lucy?" "I changed it," replied the witness, j Mrs. Lucy I)ugas was the next wit- j ness. She said that when the chii-1 dren returned from Senator Tillman's' tome she was preparing for a trip to i Washington, where she intended to i visit friends. S':e was expecting a j vacation and was surprised, sv.e said, : when the children did not remain at] Trenton. | Tv.e witness was asked as to the punishment inflicted upon the children because they disobeyed her. I j "None. I did not expect to wmp' j the children for ever coming back to j j met from anybody," said Mr. Dugas. j Concerning Che support of the cliil-j dren, Mrs Dugas said that s'"e paid j all expenses. "I pay :or everything and they have neiver made any offer { A ~ ~ i rn'-t i 1 t. An *' en./] ! | IU IItrip fc>U_ "Ui L LUC ^iiiuicu, oaiu i ;the mother. , j Return to Mrs. Da eras. The attorney for Mrs. Dugas read the following statement to the court: "While I have never been served with a copy of the order of the court! I requiring me to show cause today j I why I bhould not be deprived of the custody of my children, for the reason t&at they would not remain ' with thw'r errn.ntlnflrpnt.S- Senator and ' Mrs. B. R. Tillman, at Trenton, S. C., in July of this year, and 'have had no official notice of such an order, ; I have seen the order which was ] published in the newspapers, and, to 'avoid even the appearance of disrejspect to or disregard for the order of j this honorable court, I have appeared before the court today wita my two little girls to ascertain and await the ? 1 - M i.1 pitrasure ox iue wun. ''Since the court awarded the cusItody of my children to me, I have j endeavored in good faith to carry out ' the terms of the court's decree and have used such; means as I had to j properly support and educate my children. I have had them constantly at school and 'have managed an1 'controlled them, and while a mother j is' perhaps not a competent judge as ! to the qualities af her children, yet I i . * . . ; think that in education and training ' mine will compare favorably with: other children of th>ir age and station in life. Mr. B. R. Tillman, Jr.,! nor his father 'have contributed anything to the support or education of the children except when they were j -at. Senator Tillman's home on the occasional visits to their father under the provisions of the court's decree. , I have endeavored to conserve my property so as to furnish an adequate support for my children. j 'IThe expense of ti>.e litigation con ceramg the children has aeen con-1 siderable to me, ana on account of \ t'he depressed condition of affairs and i i the low price of cotton, which is my j chief source o: income, I have not felt i I . ' able at this time to employ counsel to represent me at this hearing. I am deeply indebted and grateful to my attorneys for their fidelity and. {consideration in the litigation heretofore, and haive no dou'bt they would . . !come to my assistance now without compensation, if I so desired, but a sense of delicacy and propriety for-1 bids me to ask them to do so. Therefore, as a defenseless woman, save i for the protection of this tonorablej court, I come with my. children and.| ask to be allowed to continue to care ' for them as I have done ia the past I without the aid or intervention of their father or grandparents. "The decree of the court requires n:e under bond to keep toe children in the State, and I believe the same jrule applies to their fatter when taey j i are in his custody. I know that on jone occasior. he carried them beyond | the borders of the State, whether "with !or without the permission oi this \ j court I am unprepared to say. Mr. B. R. Tillman, Jr., went to Alaska this | summer. While he was at Trenton, tfce children were sent to him in ac| cordance w th the direction of the court and f.tayed with him at his father's home. "After thi; court directed the children to be sent to Senator and Mrs. 'Tillman in their son's absence, I sent !the children to them at Trenton. The 1 little girls missed their father's presence in the Tillman home and became j homesick and were allowed to return home. I do not see how I can be held responsible for the 'failure of SenI ator and (Mrs. B. R. Tillman and those J representing them to control these; small children after I had placed them in their custody. After the children returned home I sent them back to TrentoD twice and instructed tbem i to remain with fckeir grandparents and did everything in my power not only, to respect but obey the order of the j . n rl T -lACira hflrn "m ncf OTT1- I It^uuiL, anu x aeon ^ uv,i v iiiukji, phatically to disclaim any purpose or j j endeavor on my part to influence or: .instruct my children to so act as to , ! defeat the order of the court, as has' i been intimated if not chained in a 1 > letter of Messrs. Tillman & Mays, attorneys for the Tillmans, to the Hon. Eugene B. Gary, chief justice of this court o'' date July 16, 1914. I "would say nothing unbecoming a lady or to . HOW 1 BEEP spuuM And Sore Lungs Were Overcome by Vinol?Mr. Hillman's Statement of- Facts Follows: Camden, N. J.?" I had a deep seated cough, a run-down system and my lungs were awfully weak and sore. I am an electrician by occupation and my cough kept me awake nights so I thought at times I would have to give up. 1 tried everything everybody suggested and had taken so much medicine I was disgusted. One evening 1 read about Vmol and decided to give it a trial. Soc.i I noticed an improvement. I kept on taking it and today I am a well man. The soreness is all gone from my lungs, I do not have any cough and have gained fifteen pounds in weight and I am telling my friends that Vinol did it." ? Frank Hillman, Camder, N. J. It is the curative, tissue-buildinsr influence of cods' livers aided by the bl^odmaking, strength creating properties of tonic iron, contained in Vinol, that made it so successful in Mr. Rillman's case. We ask every person in this vicinity enAFafiner -frrvm \xiar, [r lnncrc coughs, or a run-down condition of the system *) try a bottle of Vinol on our guaranty +.d return your money if it fails to help yoa. violate the proprieties of t:e court or this solemn occasion, but my honor and self-respect as well as respect >r the order of the court impels me to say that the intimation is unworthy of those who made it. "After my children had been sent by me to Trenton three times and - i V _ 1 - fi r> delivered 10 me Keepms u; oeuaiui and Mrs. Tillman and tbey failed to keep and control them in spite of the fact that t-e children 'were homesick and wisfaed to return home, but allowed them to do so, I felt that the Tillmans should have kept the children when they were put in their custody and not subjected me to tie suffering that only a mother can feel in forcing her small girls to leave their and ter home. I did not send the children again, feeling and believing that I had done all that shou'i and could be expected of me under the circumstances, especially as taeir grandparents seemed unwilling to exercise a proper control over the children in the voluntary absence of their father, and their grandmother unable to 'derive any pleasure for herself or profit for the children from any visit they may make to Trenton,' as stated in t':e letter above mentioned. "Having briefly and inartisticaIL\ stated the truth in relation to matter beiore the court, I throw mytoif nnnn ir nrnt er>tion and ask that the mother-lor;e which has led me to nurture and care for my litle girls from their infancy until now without the aid of a stronger hand, shall be a sufficient cause w'/.y the court should not take my children from me." 7 Ha/1 the Conquering Hero. Who is that great man now receiving the Dlaudits ,of the populace? Is it a celebrated p':ysician-surgeon *v* c has won renown for the allevaiting ol pain and misery? Is it a famous preacher who fcas won glory for the making of a better world? Is it a noted lawyer who has won distinction in the legal battles for Ois country' Is it a silver tongued speaker whose oratory holds spellbound the listening multitude? No, it is none of these Who i? he? It is a football hero. ! The Columbia Record's special corI respondent in describing the pari tnVpn Hv Tflntain Luther Hill in the 'game here last Thursday, says: Toe great little man of few inches but loads of grit, and much more footj ball ability, was all oiver the gridI iron. He was down the field undei runts like a real end ^bould be. Or the defense he smeared forward passes with pleasure. On the offense I Luke ran wild. Xewberry could noi | stop aim, and, -when the game was lover, all nrcsent agreed witu the re^ | mark of a spectator who when : e spoke of Hill, said: "He's the greatest man for his inches I 'have evei seen." I | In his time, Napoleon was "th greatest man for his indhes." In his time Alexander Stephens, of Georgia was "the greatest man for his inches.'' But why multiply? Fathers and mothers of the country, if vou would tare your boys become great men, give them a footfball education. Eeveryrhing else aside and oul of the way, iet the football hero have the day. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. tXotice is hereby given that all persons holding claims against the estate of Ann M. Cason, deceased, will present the same duly attested to the undersigned as executors on or before December 12, 1914. G. L. Fellers, J. L. Derrick, Executors. ll-13-4t-ltawf. Georgians Gree of Worst of i i Lives Redeemed for Southerners and Fortunes in Health Are Recovered. j Most o: the problems o.' 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